The facts of (rivet) life

[The facts of (rivet) life: 13 things the true rivethead really wants you to know:]

1/ They are better than you

2/ They are not a goth

3/ They are not a punk either.

4/ Although they might well just dress and act the way they do and listen to really noisy, angry music purely to give the impression that they would eagerly kick the shit out of you in order to gain a psychological advantage, they could actually kick the shit out of you at any time if they felt like it. They just don't feel like it most of the time.

5/ Using keyboards, samples and stupid electronic sound effects does not make a band industrial

6/ Marilyn Manson is especially not industrial. No he isn't, goddamnit. And he copied Skinny Puppy.

7/ Music that sounds like a washing machine on spin cycle crossed with an old steam train at full throttle with hints of angle grinder and vacuum cleaner thrown in is good.

8/ Black is the only good colour to wear (but despite this, they are not a goth)

9/ There is nothing wrong with wearing goggles or sunglasses inside. Or at night.

10/ An inability to make friends due to their state of permanant anger at the dystopian hell we live in and an interest in anything technological does not make them a loner computer nerd. Honest.

11/ Industrial is not techno

12/ Techno is not industrial

13/ Synths are real instruments

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